Friday, January 29, 2016

3:22 PM

Gov. Scott Walker's presidential campaign ended 2015 with $1.2 million in debt, according to his filing with the FEC today.

The report showed Walker also raised $597,280 over the final three months of 2015 and had $153,460 cash on hand.

His campaign focused on the amount of money he was able to raise in the period, which occurred after he formally dropped out of the race in September.

"Governor Walker made substantial progress in addressing financial commitments over the last quarter, and he remains humbled by the outpouring of support from friends across the country who continue to believe in his commonsense reform agenda," said spokesman Joe Fadness.

Meanwhile, the super PAC that backed Walker’s campaign raised $24.1 million last year, according to its latest report filed with the FEC.

The PAC ended up returning almost $18.4 million in donations after Walker dropped out of the race. That includes $4 million to Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks and more than $3.9 million to Marlene Ricketts, the wife of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts.

The PAC also returned $2 million to Richard Uihlein, owner of the shipping company Uline, and $740,000 to his wife Elizabeth, the company president. It also sent back $1.2 million to Access Industries Inc., a New York holding company created by Leonard Blavatnik, a Russian-born business magnate.